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Engel Introduces Bill to Limit Arms Sales to Middle East

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Engel Introduces Bill to Limit Arms Sales to Middle East
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) announced in August that the 116 Squadron, the "Lions of the South," has become the second IAF squadron after the 140 "Golden Eagles" Squadron to have combat-coded F-35I Adirs. Adir is Hebrew for "the mighty one." (IAF Photo)

In light of the U.S. State Department's informal notification to Congress of the White House's intent to sell 50 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35s to the United Arab Emirates, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.,) chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has introduced the Middle East Advanced Technology Protection Act, H.R. 8707, to restrict U.S. sales of sophisticated arms technology to countries in the Middle East outside of Israel. Tony Blinken, the national security adviser for Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, has…

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